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  • 2008 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For computational, theoretical, and experimental work on improving fundamental understanding of pinchoff singularities, drop formation, and electrohydrodynamics, and for development of nonstandard inkjet printing applications

Overview

Osman A. Basaran is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on Engineering and Materials Science with particular emphasis on Computational Mechanics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. The scholar's work extensively covers topics related to fluid dynamics, electrohydrodynamics, surface modification, and particle dynamics in fluid flows.

Basaran's main fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Their subfields of research highlight:

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
  • Ocean Engineering

Key topics addressed in their work comprise:

  • Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
  • Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
  • Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
  • Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films
  • Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies
  • Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications

The scientist has published multiple articles in well-regarded venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Physical Review Fluids
  • Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
  • Physical Review Letters
  • AIChE Journal

Some of their recent publications include:

  • Sharp Interface Methods for Simulation and Analysis of Free Surface Flows with Singularities: Breakup and Coalescence, 2022, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
  • Effects of Surface Viscosity on Breakup of Viscous Threads, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • Surfactant-driven escape from endpinching during contraction of nearly inviscid filaments, 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Pinch-off of a surfactant-covered jet, 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Electric-field-induced transitions from spherical to discocyte and lens-shaped drops, 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Frequent collaborators in Basaran's research include:

  • Brayden W. Wagoner
  • Hansol Wee
  • Christopher Anthony
  • Pritish Kamat
  • Vishrut Garg

In 2008, Osman A. Basaran was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) with a citation honoring computational, theoretical, and experimental contributions towards understanding pinchoff singularities, drop formation, electrohydrodynamics, and nonstandard inkjet printing applications.

Best Publications

  • Small‐scale free surface flows with breakup: Drop formation and emerging applications

    Osman A. Basaran

  • Electrohydrodynamic tip streaming and emission of charged drops from liquid cones

    Robert T. Collins;Jeremy J. Jones;Michael T. Harris;Osman A. Basaran

  • Formation of beads-on-a-string structures during break-up of viscoelastic filaments

    Pradeep P. Bhat;Santosh Appathurai;Michael T. Harris;Matteo Pasquali

  • An experimental study of dynamics of drop formation

    Xiaoguang Zhang;Osman A. Basaran

  • Computational and experimental analysis of dynamics of drop formation

    Edward D. Wilkes;Scott D. Phillips;Osman A. Basaran

  • A new method for significantly reducing drop radius without reducing nozzle radius in drop-on-demand drop production

    Alvin U. Chen;Osman A. Basaran

  • Nonlinear oscillations of viscous liquid drops

    Osman A. Basaran

  • Dripping-jetting transitions in a dripping faucet.

    Bala Ambravaneswaran;Hariprasad J Subramani;Scott D Phillips;Osman A Basaran

  • Computational and experimental analysis of pinch-off and scaling.

    Alvin U. Chen;Patrick K. Notz;Osman A. Basaran

  • Dynamic Surface Tension Effects in Impact of a Drop with a Solid Surface

    Xiaoguang Zhang;Osman A. Basaran

  • Drop formation from a capillary tube: Comparison of one-dimensional and two-dimensional analyses and occurrence of satellite drops

    Bala Ambravaneswaran;Edward D. Wilkes;Osman A. Basaran

  • Dynamics and breakup of a contracting liquid filament

    Patrick K. Notz;Osman A. Basaran

  • Plethora of transitions during breakup of liquid filaments

    José Rafael Castrejón-Pita;Alfonso Arturo Castrejón-Pita;Sumeet Suresh Thete;Krishnaraj Sambath

  • The inexorable resistance of inertia determines the initial regime of drop coalescence

    Joseph D. Paulsen;Justin C. Burton;Sidney R. Nagel;Santosh Appathurai

  • Universal scaling laws for the disintegration of electrified drops

    Robert T. Collins;Krishnaraj Sambath;Michael T. Harris;Osman A. Basaran

  • Nonlinear deformation and breakup of stretching liquid bridges

    X. Zhang;R. S. Padgett;O. A. Basaran

  • Tip streaming from a liquid drop forming from a tube in a co-flowing outer fluid

    Ronald Suryo;Osman A. Basaran

  • Microencapsulation of drugs by solvent exchange

    Yoon Yeo;Alvin Un-Teh Chen;Osman A. Basaran;Kinam Park

  • Satellite drops: Unexpected dynamics and change of scaling during pinch-off

    Patrick K. Notz;Alvin U. Chen;Osman A. Basaran

  • Persistence of Memory in Drop Breakup: The Breakdown of Universality

    Pankaj Doshi;Itai Cohen;Wendy W. Zhang;Michael Siegel

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert T. Collins
Robert T. Collins Pennsylvania State University
John R. Lister
John R. Lister University of Cambridge
Kinam Park
Kinam Park Purdue University West Lafayette
Matteo Pasquali
Matteo Pasquali Rice University
Sidney R. Nagel
Sidney R. Nagel University of Chicago
Yoon Yeo
Yoon Yeo Purdue University West Lafayette
Doraiswami Ramkrishna
Doraiswami Ramkrishna Purdue University West Lafayette
Ian M. Hutchings
Ian M. Hutchings University of Cambridge
Igal Szleifer
Igal Szleifer Northwestern University

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